Pope Francis Heads to NYC, Could Impact Wall Street Trading

New York welcomes Pope Francis to the city where he will conduct mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral. His visit will cause major public transportation disruption, traffic delays and street closures. The pope is a star on social media with 9 different twitter handles in different languages and tens of millions of followers. Federal Reserve Chairwomen Janet Yellen returns to the microphone today in a major speech in Massachusetts. China's President Xi JinPing arrives in Washington D.C. where he will meet with President Obama and discuss trade and cyber security. The NASDAQ launches its San Francisco based Entrepreneurship Center in the city's South Financial District. General Electric (GE) agreed to sell its private equity investment group to French alternative asset manager Ardian for about $500 million. The decision largely completes GE's withdrawal from the alternative investment field. Reuters reports that Monsanto (MON) is pivoting after its failed bid to buy Syngenta and will focus on big data.